#B23549#B23549

#B23549 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.160 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23549
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 73)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, 51.52, 17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 54.44, 18.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.01% 0.1545 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(52.01% 0.16 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8378, 12.4951, 7.6166)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23549 #35B29E

analogous

#B23587 #B23549 #B25F35

triadic

#B23549 #49B235 #3549B2

tetradic

#B23549 #87B235 #35B29E #5F35B2

square

#B23549 #87B235 #35B29E #5F35B2

split-complementary

#B23549 #35B25F #3587B2

monochromatic

#541922 #832736 #B23549 #CD576A #DB8694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#B23549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#B23549 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23549

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23549	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3163D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.160 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf757b',
    500: '#b23549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23549;
$custom-light: #cf757b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.4,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52005,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23549

secondary

#7EC5BA

accent

#DDC64A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23549

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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